Normally I don’t pimp these kind of offers, and I don’t receive any compensation for it either, but in this case it’s an opportunity that I didn’t want to pass by.
The lucky winner will be able to choose a Nikon D850, a Canon 5D Mark IV, or a Sony a7R III as their prize. Each is worth over $3000!
This is one of those kinds of contests where you can gain multiple entries by subscribing to their mailing list, following them on instagram, sharing it with your friends, etc. But it may very well be worth it if it means you getting one of these high end cameras for your ‘hard’ work in jumping through their hoops.
Please keep in mind the contest is open to US residents only and ends on February 15, 2018.
Spending the last 2 weeks in Africa visiting three unique Safari camps, I finally now have the time to get caught up and start sorting through over 19,000 photos and hours upon hours of video footage including a dramatic Helicopter run through the Blyde River Canyon in South Africa as seen by a GoPro attached to the belly of the chopper.
For starters, here are some of the early favorites from the cameras. This first batch is taken from my absolute favorite place on the planet, the Dulini Private Game Reserve in the western sector of the Sabi Sands of South Africa. It’s tops on my list because virtually every game drive will have you seeing the ‘Big 5’ as well as a wide variety of smaller mammals and more birds than you can keep track of. Never a risk of a bad or dull game drive and the photos will bear that out.
For this trip, I packed my Nikon D800 and D5, along with a Nikon 24-70, Sigma 150-600S, Rokinon 24mm 1.4 (For the star trails), and the ‘toddler’ as my wife calls it, the Nikon 600mm / f4. The D5 did the most of the heavy lifting, but the D800 took lead on anything that needed huge megapixels. I wound up having luggage far more full with Cameras, Lenses, cables, etc., than clothes and as far as I’m concerned, that’s the way it should be.
Enjoy these for now. Many more posts on the way including a closer look at the SWISS First and Business Class experiences during our travels….
Popping up in my Facebook stream this evening was a deal from Groupon that gives you the ability to have your photos printed on glass for only 29.99. The regular price for the product is normally 169.99 so it equates to about an 80% savings. Not bad!
The printing is done through ImageToGlass.com and for the $29.99 you can have your print put on a 16×20 inch piece of glass. In addition, you’ll get an 8GB USB memory stick when you order your print.
According to ImageToGlass.com, your image is heat fused to a pain of glass and is treated to be UV proof and comes with hangars attached for easy hanging. It would be interesting to hang it on a window to see what the sunlight would do to an image. I guess I’ll have to find out and order a couple.
Looks like you can order up to 10 coupons from Group and have 90 days to redeem them.
Part 7 continues with more photos that I though were worth sharing from our recent Safari trip. You’ll find below photos from a wide variety of critters including Giraffes, Leopards, Rhinos, Cheetahs and a few birds. After the photos, there’s a short video showing an adolescent Elephant greeting our vehicle…..
If you missed my previous installments, use the following links to see each part:
Ahead of a trip to Europe in a few days, I needed to calibrate a few pieces of equipment so we decided to make an afternoon of it and head to Lake Michigan and catch the sunset.
For those of you unfamiliar with Lake Michigan, it is the 5th largest lake in the world with a surface area of 22,400 square miles and has over 1600 miles of shoreline. It it also known as the largest lake in the world to be within the borders of a single country. History suggests that the name Michigan comes from the Ojibwa word ‘Mishigami’ which translates into ‘Great Water’. Very fitting.
Being that I live only 20 minutes from the lake, I figured it would be a good place to take the photos I needed to test the equipment. Conditions were great and we were treated to a fantastic sunset, so what became a quick run for a few photos became bit of a ‘trip report’.
All of the following images were taken inside of Holland State Park. Fortunately crowds were small but the view was large! Enjoy!
A bit of history behind Holland Harbor:
No trip to the lake is complete with the standard Seagull photos……
While waiting for the sunset, a Windsurfer provided some decent subject matter….
Then came the light show……..
I like this shot especially because of the contrast between the blue sky and clouds ‘blocking’ it from the sunset.
My favorite from the evening…..
Visitors are treated to a dramatic sunset….
Holland, Michigan’s famous Lighthouse at last light….
